PHILLIES NEWS

Tonight(Wednesday) in front of a record crowd of 45,459 fans thanks to a Ryan Howard bobble head promotion the Phillies finally showed the home fans what they can do. They got an early 2-0 lead on a bases loaded single by David Dellucci in the 1st inning and never looked back. Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 26 and the lead to 5-0 with a 3 run homer in the 2nd inning. Starter Jon Lieber got a little wild in the 3rd inning giving up 3 runs to cut the lead to 5-3, but Dellucci bailed him out with a solo homer in the bottom of the inning for a 6-3 lead and that would be all the Phillies would need and more, as they went on to a much needed 6-4 win. Jon Lieber settled down after the 3rd inning and pitched 7 solid innings for the win. Arthur Rhodes retired the Diamondbacks in order in the 8th inning and Tom Gordon retired them in order in the 9th for his 24th save. That's it, that was the game, it's as simple as that. They came, they saw, and they conquered. In others news as I mentioned before it looks like the Phillies will be sellers at the trade deadline and today they started their selling by trading Sal Fasano, whom I mentioned had been designated for assignment, to the Yankees, yes those Yankees, for minor league second base prospect Hector Made, who will join single A Clearwater. With the Phillies record now at 45-53, it is likely that Fasano won't be the only Phillies veteran leaving town before the trade deadline on July 31. In fact, the two most prominant names on the trading block at this point are the 2 guys that had the biggest hand in the Phils win tonight, David Dellucci and Jon Lieber. Obviously after tonight their trade stock is up, so stayed tuned to see if they get traded. Well, happy trails everyone.